Innocently

Examples

• Or her taste for peculiar people, put in Mrs. Archer in a dry tone, while her eyes dwelt innocently on her son's. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• He has done dreadful mischief, I own; but he has done it innocently. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Fred ended, innocently referring only to his own love as probably evident enough. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Oh, she said innocently, I am so happy at last! Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Kind Mrs. Vesey, whom we have all too much overlooked and forgotten of late, innocently caused us a sad morning to begin with. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Their susceptibilities will clash against objects that remain innocently quiet. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• On your side, my love, it was very innocently done. Jane Austen. Emma.
• If it proved that Wildeve was innocently there he would doubtless openly mention it. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• About Zoe, sir, answered the bos'n innocently. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• As to marriage, and fortune, and all that, I believe I was almost as innocently undesigning then, as when I loved little Em'ly. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Helena is to a certain extent mixed up in it, but innocently, you may be sure. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Shall I ride up to the house a few minutes hence, innocently supposing that its master is at home and will be charmed to receive me? Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Elizabeth would not observe her; and when at last Kitty did, she very innocently said, What is the matter mamma? Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• I saw her innocently kiss her chosen husband on the cheek, and creep close to his bluff form as if it were her best support. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• I am afraid I am innocently the cause of that disturbance, Betteredge. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Mr. Brooke made no comment as she returned the book to Meg, who said innocently, I thought it was poetry. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• You're always joking, said she, smiling as innocently as she could. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• And twice over, it had been my misfortune (God knows how innocently! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• If I could ever work out his restoration, as I have so innocently been the cause of his decline! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• I have perhaps, though very innocently, been the cause of much uneasiness to him. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Dear, kind, quiet little Amy, too, what would she feel if she could know that she had been innocently the means of exposing me to such treatment! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• The misfortune of believing too innocently in her own virtue, and in the faith and honour of the man she loves, I answered. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Young gentlemen who go to college are rather more costly than that, Mrs. Garth innocently continued, pulling out the edging on a cap-border. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Use no hurtful deceit: think innocently and justly: and, if you speak, speak accordingly. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Andy looked up innocently at Sam, surprised at hearing this new geographical fact, but instantly confirmed what he said, by a vehement reiteration. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Oh nothing is the matter, said Sophia, very innocently, nothing whatever is the matter, only he will go this way, alluding to her horse. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• He breathed lightly and regularly like an infant, that breathes innocently, beyond the touch of responsibility. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Just at this moment, Eva came innocently into the room, with the identical coral necklace on her neck. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• And she had innocently married this man with the belief that he and his family were a glory to her! George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• When they did use their tongues again, they used them innocently, in the most unfortunate manner and to the worst possible purpose. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.

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